Multiplex PCR assay for malaria vector Anopheles minimus and four related species in the Myzomyia Series from Southeast Asia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-428

  Phuc, H K ^a   Ball, A J ^a   Son, L ^b   Hanh, N V ^b   Tu, N D ^b   Lien, N G ^b   Verardi, A ^a   Townson, H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

An. jeyporiensis; An. minimus; An. varuna; An.pampanai; Anopheles aconitus; Cambodia; Laos; Malaria vectors; Myzomyia; Polymerase chain reaction assay; rDNA ITS2; Sibling species; Southeast Asia; Species identification; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOSQUITO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ACONITUS; ANOPHELES JEYPORIENSIS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES PAMPANAI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MINIMUS GROUP; MYZOMYIA; VARUNA;

EID: 1842478192     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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